Cheyenne UP Depot & Museum

Any photos? The only time I was there, the museum didn't exist yet...

Yes, photos would be nice. The last time I was there, 2010, there was also an EXCELLENT brew pub inside, that faces the tracks (on the east end of the depot, I think). 

While in Cheyenne at UP, did you get see the Challenger, 844, or Big Boy?

The UP Steam Shop is no longer open for "tours". The only time it is "open to the public" is during Cheyenne Depot Days.

When is the next "Cheyenne Depot Days" event scheduled.

My son and grand children live in Denver and I was hoping to drive to Cheyenne on my next visit in hopes of getting a glimpse of the Bigboy in the shops.

Thanks,

Don

I would suggest checking their website.

My wife asked if I wanted to take photos, and I said no, you can get better ones on the web.  As previously mentioned, both the 844 and 4014 are not available for public view.  I was told 4014 Big Boy is being rebuilt in the shops, and 844 is undergoing some maintenance also.

I visited the Cheyenne UP Depot Museum the third week of July.  Cheyenne experienced a large hail storm the night before.  I noticed large piles of ice all over the downtown and thought there had been an event the night before and the ice was left over where people dumped their coolers.  There was a sign at the depot stating that the horse and buggy rides were not operating due to the damage from the storm. The lady in the museum told me they had over a foot of hail.  I enjoyed the museum and the model railroad that is under construction upstairs.  I had a long conversation with one of the volunteers that were working on the layout.  We had visited several of the sites depicted on the layout the week before.   He told me the history of the layout.  This is from the museum write up.  The relocation and rebuilding of one of the world’s most popular and loved narrow gauge model railroads, the Union Central and Northern is occurring in the 2nd floor baggage room at the historic Cheyenne Depot Museum. The Union Central and Northern (UC&N) Model Railroad layout created by Harry S. Brunk of Clarkson, NE officially opened during the 2012 Depot Days. Mr. Brunk spent over 30 years handcrafting everything from the scenery to the rolling stock for this HO scale of the narrow gauge Clear Creek (Colorado) Lines of the Colorado and Southern Railway. The UC&N's development has been chronicled in over 100 magazine articles over the years in Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette and the Model Railroader. While the layout is very well known it has never left Mr. Brunk's residence or been on public display until now.

More on the Cheyenne UP Depot Museum visit.  The round house is closed to the public and I couldn't find a way to get close to see it except over the fence.  Unfortunatly the area with the best vantage point had a auto rack train parked in front blocking the view.  I could see a bunch of yellow passenger cars, but the steamers must have all been inside as I never spotted any of them.  

Doesn't matter anyway, as the "round house" is only used for storage of equipment (like 3985). All the "work" is done in the Steam Shop, which is south of the roundhouse. 

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Bernie

DGJones,

The next Cheyenne Depot Days will be 5/16-17/2015.  Below is from the Cheyenne website, www.cheyenne.org:

"The third Weekend in May each year. Cheyenne Depot Days. 9a-5p Sat and 9a-4p Sun, May 16-17, 2015."

The concourse

The flooring maps out Union Pacific's path to Promontory Summit - they made "He// on Wheels" Cheyenne by November 1867

 As the current season of the "He// on Wheels" drama series depicts, the railroad got bogged down at Cheyenne and it took them eight months to make Laramie

One more month and Rawlins marked the railhead

Green River in October and Evanston in December

The following spring brought a golden spike and a meet with the Central Pacific

 Here is the website for Shadows Pub and Grill in the depot - an excellent restaurant where you can sit and eat and drink and watch trains roll by on the mainline.  They have a lot of variety on the menu and it is a new destination restaurant for me on my next visit to Cheyenne:  http://www.shadowspubandgrill.com